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The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) is a trade union federation in South Africa. It was founded in 2017, and is the second largest of the country's main trade union confederations , with 21 affiliated trade unions organising 800,000 workers.
The federation was founded on 1 April 1997, when the Federation of South African Labour Unions merged with the Federation of Organisations Representing Civil Employees. [1] Many affiliates of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions also joined. [ 2 ]
The union grew to a membership of 53,000 by 1961, but was driven underground, and for a decade black unionism was again virtually silenced in South Africa. In 1979 the Federation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU) was formed, with the Council of Unions of South Africa (CUSA) being created in the following year.
The federation was formed at a congress over the weekend of 14–15 April 1979 in Hammanskraal and officially launched five days later on 20 April. [1] [2] Its roots lay in the unions which had emerged from the spontaneous 1973 strike wave by black workers in Durban and Pinetown as part of the "Durban Moment", [3] and which had since been part of the Trade Union Advisory Co-ordinating Council ...
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU or Cosatu) is a trade union federation in South Africa. It was founded in 1985 and is the largest of the country's three main trade union federations, with 21 affiliated trade unions.
The federation was formed by the merger of the Council of Unions of South Africa (CUSA) and the Azanian Confederation of Trade Unions (AZACTU) in 1986. [1]: 488 In its early years, the federation was strongly influenced by the black consciousness movement, but was divided in its attitude to the African National Congress.
ITUSS -Somali Congress of Trade Unions South Africa Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA) National Council of Trade Unions (NACTU) South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) 1.8 million (COSATU) 556,000 (FEDUSA) 397,000 (NACTU) 700.000 (SAFTU) COSATU FEDUSA NACTU SAFTU Swaziland
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